Passing Issues

Emdash connects to Linear, Jira, and GitHub Issues. Pass issues from your tracker directly to agents. The issue title, description, and metadata become part of the agent's prompt.

How It Works

1. Create a new task
2. Click Advanced Options
3. Select an issue from the dropdown (searchable by ID, title, or assignee)
4. Start the task

The agent receives the full issue context and begins working immediately.

Supported Trackers

Emdash supports:

• Linear
• Jira
• GitHub Issues

Missing your tracker? Open an issue or message us on Discord.

Connecting Your Tracker

Go to Settings → Connections to connect.

Linear

1. Go to Linear Settings → Security & access → Personal API keys
2. Create a new API key
3. Paste the key in Emdash and click Connect

Jira

1. Go to Atlassian Account Settings → Security → API Tokens
2. Create a new API token
3. In Emdash, enter your site URL (e.g., https://yourcompany.atlassian.net), email, and token

GitHub Issues

GitHub Issues requires the GitHub CLI (gh). Emdash auto-installs it if missing.

1. Click Sign in with GitHub
2. Copy the device code shown
3. Authorize on GitHub when prompted

Auto-Closing Issues

When you create a PR from a task that has a linked issue, Emdash automatically closes the associated GitHub or Linear issue. This only applies to issues that were passed to the task at creation time.